Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Community Health Leaders

Martha Carter, R.N., C.N.M.

Our approach to health care takes the traditional model of women helping women and adds the modern knowledge of physician and midwifery practice.


Community Health Leaders
1999

Area(s) of expertise:
OB/GYN
Midwifery
Family planning

Leader’s Biography 1999:
Executive Director, Women Care/Family Care, Scott Depot, WV
Since 1989, Cook-Carter has provided and sustained Putnam County’s only women’s health, midwifery and family planning services available to the rural poor. She and her staff also teach families how to navigate a complex healthcare system. Cook-Carter has been active in statewide efforts to bring additional healthcare services, including the recruitment of midwives, to underserved communities.

Where this Leader can be reached today:
CEO
FamilyCare HealthCenter (Women Care, Inc.)
301-6 Great Teays Boulevard
Scott Depot, WV 25560
Phone: (304) 757-6999
Email: martha.cookcarter@familycarewv.org
Website: www.familycarewv.org


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